Yesterday, we hit 31 weeks, and today is my 47th day inpatient. This pregnancy has required us to make some very difficult decisions. The first big decision was when to come inpatient, since you don’t want to come in before you would want the babies delivered. We didn’t think through that decision super carefully, so
Month: August 2019
Lessons from ultrarunning
It’s Cascade Crest weekend, which means it’s been almost exactly 4 years since I ran 100 miles around Snoqualmie Pass. When I did Cascade Crest, I didn’t really know what it was all about. Afterwards, of course I felt a huge sense of accomplishment, but I also felt selfish for partaking in an activity that
Birth plans are bullshit
Being an inpatient on the antepartum wing of the labor & delivery unit, I often see the gaggle of soon-to-be parents taking the tour. I’ve been here for 37 days, and I’ve never done the tour. (I did, however, tour the NICU). I imagine the labor & delivery tour here is something like this: “All
Smashing through the 30 day mark, and the halfway point
Today marks 29 weeks and day 32 inpatient! I had a growth ultrasound yesterday, and the babies seem to be on a good trajectory. Last time, they were quite small measuring at 5th and 10th percentile. Yesterday, they were better at 9th and 20th percentile. Their pesky femurs are still lagging behind, but my doctors
28 weeks!
It is day 25 inpatient and I’m 28 weeks today! 28 weeks is a big preemie milestone. 🎉🎉 The past week has been relatively uneventful. Some things that happened: 1) I made Sam a woven cow. When I was making the pig, he said he wanted it. I told him the pig was for the
27 weeks!
It’s day 19, and I’m 27 weeks 1 day. That means I get to throw out this scary 26 weeker pamphlet! Here are some important updates! #1. I’ve started to document the strange combination of items the nurses use to try to keep the babies on the monitors. This is quite the imperfect system, and